Sinheung Railway

The Sinheung Railway (Japanese: 新興鉄道株式会社, Shinkō Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha; Korean: 신흥철도주식회사, Sinheung Cheoldo Jusikhoesa), was a privately owned railway company in colonial era Korea.

Sinheung Railway Co. Ltd.
Overview
Native name	신흥철도주식회사 (Sinheung Cheoldo Jusikhoesa) 新興鉄道株式会社 (Shinkō Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha)
Route map km km Bujeonhoban 91.6 Hamnam Doan 88.9 Bujeon 81.0 Hamjiwon 74.7 Sindong 75.1 Gujin Bujeollyeong 68.1 68.4 Jungnam Baekamsan 66.4 62.7 Sindae Hamnam Songheung 61.0 58.6 Sasu Hasongheung 60.0 54.3 Jangjin Songha 55.9 49.2 Sangpyeong Gyeongheung 54.1 41.2 Goto Dongheung 47.9 38.9 Hwangchoryeong Gilbong 43.8 35.6 Bojang Pungdeok 28.4 Samgeo Songheung Line ↑ Hamnam Line ↓ 23.3 Hagiwon Hamnam Sinheung 41.0 17.3 Yongsu Usang ↑ Jangjin Line ↓ Hamnam Line Cheonbulsan 33.5 13.3 Sangtong Jeondong 30.7 11.4 Dongjeong Jangpung 28.2 9.1 Songdang Pungsang 25.9 3.6 Dongyang Oro 17.0 0.0 Oro Bumin 9.3 Gadam 6.6 West Hamheung 1.1 Hamnam Line ↑ Namheung Line ↓ Hamheung 0.0 Sentetsu Hamgyeong Line Sapo 2.2 Sangsu 4.5 Seongcheongang 6.9 Heungdeok 8.6 Unjung 10.0 Singuryong 11.8 Cheongiri 14.9 Naeho 16.6 Seohojin 18.3 Sentetsu Hamgyeong Line Key: narrow gauge standard gauge

It was a subsidiary of the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu), colonial Korea's largest privately owned railway company, established in 1930 to operate a number of lines opened by Chōtetsu and one of its predecessors, the Chōsen Forestry Railway.[1]

The Sinheung Railway was bought and absorbed by Chōtetsu on 22 April 1938;[9] Chōtetsu subsequently split the Sinheung Railway's network into four separate lines: the Hamnam Line (Hamheung–Hamnam Sinhung/Sangtong/Jangpung), the Songheung Line (Hamnam Sinheung–Bujeonhoban), the Jangjin Line (Sangtong–Sasu), and the Namheung Line (West Hamheung–Seohojin).